title: Sutureless surgical techniques for arch aneurysm repair in a patient with Behçet's disease.
abstract: In patients with vasculo-Behçet's disease, endovascular stent graft is a reasonable treatment from the viewpoint of prevention of an anastomotic pseudo-aneurysm. We report a case of total arch replacement combined with open stent grafting technique to the downstream aorta and graft inclusion into sino-tubular junction as sutureless surgical techniques for an arch aneurysm in a 42-year-old woman with Behçet's disease. Postoperative computed tomography (CT) showed that the aortic aneurysm had completely disappeared in 11 months after the operation. Open stent grafting technique was effective to prevent anastomotic pseudo-aneurysm formation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Naomichi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Taiichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Taijiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sueda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome